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- A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh, Iran, in 1986. After the fall of the last Shah and the end of the monarchy, Iran is on the brink of a new era.
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Plot. Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh, Isfahan Province by car trouble, a journalist is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Soraya's death by stoning the previous day.
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Synopsis. Stranded in the remote Iranian village of Kuhpayeh by car trouble, a journalist (Freidoune Sahebjam) is approached by Zahra, a woman with a harrowing tale to tell about her niece, Soraya, and the bloody circumstances of Soraya's death, by stoning, the previous day.
Jun 24, 2009 · It is rare, and Iran denies it, but the French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam’s best-selling The Stoning of Soraya M. (1994) appears to be quite authentic. A woman really was stoned to death on trumped-up adultery charges, brought for the convenience of her husband, who desired to marry a young girl.
Jun 26, 2009 · “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” a true story of religiously sanctioned misogyny and mob violence in an Iranian village, thoroughly blurs the line between high-minded outrage and lurid...
- Stephen Holden
- Cyrus Nowrasteh
Oct 9, 2009 · The Stoning of Soraya M.: Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. With Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Navabi, Jim Caviezel, Navid Negahban. A story told by Zahra to a French journalist of her niece Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old married woman, who received capital punishment and stoned to death because of false accusations in the remote village of Kuhpayeh ...
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- Cyrus Nowrasteh
- 2009-10-09
Jun 25, 2009 · Based on a true story, The Stoning of Soraya M. tells the tale of an Iranian woman falsely accused of adultery — and executed by her fellow villagers nonetheless. Mark Jenkins has a...
The Stoning of Soraya M. Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. A graphic depiction of horrors inflicted on an innocent Iranian woman due to a fatal combination of patriarchal society, tribal traditions, and Islamic fundamentalism.
